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Articles from the March 23, 2022 edition


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  • Hill County Commission to discuss employee health insurance costs

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 23, 2022

    The Hill County Commission may make a decision at their weekly business meeting Thursday about whether or not to raise county contributions to employee health care plans to cover a 6.5 percent rate increase by the Montana Association of Counties, through which county employees get their health issuance. The commissioners have said this increase from MACo seems like a result of the pandemic and the lack of elective procedures done during that time, as well as the increased demand for them as the pandemic appears to be less...

  • Economic panel talks local housing and remote working

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 23, 2022

    A panel of experts talked about local economic issues during a discussion last week at the end of the Economic Outlook Seminar 2022 put on by University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research, with two issues becoming intertwined - housing and remote work. Bureau Executive Director Patrick Barkey moderated the panel discussion, which included Bear Paw Development Corp. Exectuive Director Paul Tuss, bureau Associate Director Paul Sonora, Jeremy Sage, Montana...

  • MSU-Northern Foundation looking for new director

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    Press release The MSU-Northern Foundation has announced that Executive Director Shantel Cronk will be stepping down from her role at the Foundation in mid-May. Cronk, who has been at the Foundation since 2019, has accepted a new role with the Montana State University Alumni Foundation in Bozeman. The MSU-Northern Foundation has started the search for a new executive director. The job description can be found at http://www.msunfoundation.org and resumes with cover letters should be sent to the foundation, attention to the...

  • Obituary - Lewis R. Hopewell

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    HAMILTON — Lewis R. Hopewell of Hamilton, formerly of Havre, age 64, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022, peacefully in his home....

  • Obituary - Mary Lou Miller

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    Mary Lou Miller, 91, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Sunday, February 13, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and her memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 28, 2022, at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Marcus Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Mary Lou was born December 4, 1930, in Havre to Leonard and Irma Deen (Harding) Creamer, the second of five children. She was raised in Havre, graduating...

  • Correction - Havre stays with five-day school week

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    A front-page story and the caption for a photo with a story about Monday’s meeting of the Havre Public Schools board in Tuesday’s edition misidentified Kevin Johnson as a Montana State University-Northern professor. Johnson has retired. The story also misidentified Sunnyside Intermediate School librarian and teacher Carrie Gillen....

  • For the Record, March 23, 2022

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    Havre Police Department Curtis Stephen Lamere of Havre, 47, was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation after a caller reported Tuesday at 12:01 p.m. that a man was carrying a club in the Wilson Avenue area. -- A summons was issued after a caller at Sixth Avenue and 10th Street reported a driver in a silver pickup truck was passing illegally on Sixth Tuesday at 12:31 p.m. No details on the charges were provided. -- A Tuesday 1:59 p.m....

  • Annual Fort Peck Reservoir walleye spawning operation gearing up

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warmer temperatures are forecast for the upcoming weeks, which means the walleye spawning operation on Fort Peck Reservoir will soon be underway. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff has been in the process of preparing spawning barges, holding pens, and trap nets so they ready to deploy once the ice is off the Big Dry Arm. "The activities of fish are very dependent on water temperatures, and you never know what is going to happen with...

  • MAT looking for interns

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    Montana Actors’ Theatre is again offering several paid internships for college students and recent college graduates. Interns oversee MAT youth programs including the touring KidsMAT Summer Children's Theatre camps and the annual youth production, which this summer will be “Happily Ever Before.” People can receive practical experience in the performing arts including: • Directing; • Stage managing; • Costuming; • Set design and construction; • Lighting and sound, and • Working with children Intern applicants must b...

  • The Postscript: Patron of the arts

    Updated Mar 23, 2022

    My landlord, Jorge, is a patron of the arts. When I imagine a patron of the arts, I imagine some fabulously wealthy person in the past, supporting the creation of art in Italy or New York — someone with an impossibly luxurious lifestyle, maybe with a couple of designer dogs on diamond leashes standing at attention nearby. None of this sounds much like Jorge. Jorge runs a small hotel in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and spends most days either repotting plants or greeting customers. But I don’t know what else to call him bec...

  • HIT basketball tournament returns to Havre

    Kason Clark|Updated Mar 23, 2022

    While the high school basketball season has come to an end on the Hi-Line, that does not mean basketball fans don't have anything to look forward to. This Thursday, the Hi-Line Invitational Tournament will begin at Armory Gymnasium with the best boys and girls high school basketball players in the state competing. Local fans should keep an eye on the Class A girls team. The HHS girls basketball team will be represented by Yelena Miller, Jade Wendland and Avery Carlson who are...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Collin Miller, Havre High tennis

    Kason Clark|Updated Mar 23, 2022

    As the calendar turns to spring, sports such as tennis make their return to the Hi-Line. Many Havre High tennis players look forward to the upcoming season, including senior Collin Miller. As he gears up for his final year, Miller just has one goal in mind. "My goals for this final year is to make it to state with my doubles partner Conner McKay," Miller said. Miller and McKay came close to qualifying for state last season. Unfortunately, they came short of their goal at...